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Could you help me with an article

I am pretty new with the wikipedia, and I do not know how to make all kinds of changes. So could you possibly help me a out a bit with my endeavors to change Satanism article (www.wikipedia.org/Satanism). I tried that earlier, but I got criticism.

All my changes are substantially sound, but my lack of expertise lead to my changes being reverted.

The problem is in the symbolic satanism part and the endnotes 11, 12 and 13. None of the sources substantiate two claims made in the section, namely that: a) "modern satanism" and "symbolic satanism" are indeed used interchangeably b) symbolic satanism involves observance of satanic religious beliefs

What is the proper way to change an article that makes claims and backs those claims with links to articles that do not substantiate those claims?

Thank you in advance!

128.214.164.62 (talk) 14:49, 28 April 2010 (UTC) npyrhone

Re: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Thanks for your Wikipedia editing work. I've restored my edit in two steps, leaving my explanations for each. The first edit is because the quote refers to a book called "Social Statics" and the article wrongly had it is as "Statistics." The second edit is b/c, as interesting as the information on the Pakistani High Court was--and it was an interesting thought--it was a) unencyclopedic b)ungrammatical c)not at all relevant to an article about HOLMES, however relevant to an article about, e.g. South Asian jurisprudence.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.95.178.159 (talk • contribs) 14:22, March 19, 2010. — MrDolomite • Talk 14:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

38.116.200.63 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) comments

ur gai. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.116.200.63 (talk • contribs) 12:44, March 20, 2007. — MrDolomite • Talk 14:38, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Navigation Boxes

The reason I changed the navigation boxes back to their former state is because I thought it looked absolutly rediculous the way you had them with the seal on the left. What was wrong with the way they were. I have worked hard to make this site look decent and its always getting screwed up. I really don't get it. -The Mystery Man from 20:17, April 26, 2007. — MrDolomite • Talk 14:37, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

John Pershing

The article on General Pershing seems to be incorrect as to the dates of death regarding his parents, according to Vandiver's 2 volume biography Pershing's mother died during his initial service in the West, and his father's death is spelled out specifically as March 16, 1906, twenty years after the current entry claims. I attempted to edit the article to reflect that, but you have removed it due to a lack of citations. While I understand that, there is exactly one other thing in the entire article about Pershing that is cited. The books I am taking as sources are mentioned in the end as general references, but I don't know how to modify the in-article citations without changing the others as well. I could use some assistance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.76.235.22 (talk • contribs) in reference to Special:Contributions/72.45.129.35 in edits made here. Thanks for your help on that!. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.76.235.22 (talk • contribs) 16:36, November 30, 2007. — MrDolomite • Talk 14:37, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

retrospective vs retroactive

Interesting! I have no problem with retroactive, but I can't work out what's wrong with retrospective. Please educate me. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 18:21, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

"Retrospective" implies interpretation but no action, as in "yeah, in retrospect the guy was effectively a six-star general even though he only wore four stars." As far as I know, this is not standard promotion jargon because there is no action implied.

"Retroactive" means actual backdating, as in "I'm promoting X to general today but giving him a date of rank from three years ago, so I'm retroactively making him a general since three years ago."

"Posthumous" means the guy's dead but we'll promote him anyway as of now. That's what Washington got in 1976 — if it was retroactive the date of rank would have been 1776 or something. (A posthumous retroactive promotion happens when someone gets a posthumous promotion backdated to the date of death, but that isn't what Washington got.)

- Morinao (talk) 18:53, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I guess if Washington was promoted on 11 Oct 1976 with date of rank 4 Jul 1976, that would also be a posthumous retroactive promotion, wouldn't it? Oh, well. - Morinao (talk) 18:59, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Yep, I've only ever heard of a "retroactive" promotion, which is why it jumped out at me. Another term could be a "tombstone general" but that is usually done immediately upon death or retirement. — MrDolomite • Talk 19:20, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Pdfpdf (talk) 10:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Template:Scream

Should List of Scream characters be listed in the group heading characters? I fear a lot of people may not realize that it links to other Scream series characters, but rather it just link here. I think there should be a less misleading link, such as a manner similar to my revision. What do you think? Geeky Randy (talk) 19:48, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

My 2c is that it could be in either spot, but just not have two links in the template back to the same article. — MrDolomite • Talk 18:36, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I just think there could be a bit of confusion on where to access the characters, so I'll move the link into the template, rather than in the group heading. Geeky Randy (talk) 18:39, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Cool, that version looks good. Thanks. — MrDolomite • Talk 18:43, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Regarding my changes to the "River Phoenix" wikipage

I noticed that the page had been signalled as lacking objectivity, "reads like an obituary" was the designation, and there was also a call to "help improve the page". I also noted that in the first paragraph, where the major points are usually given, there was nothing about his demise, so I added that. I don't understand why you find my addition as being partial. When someone who is apparently in good health dies in their early twenties, it is tragic. Since the cause of death was clearly drug-related there is no mystery here, just as there was no mystery in Len Bias's death. I did not say, "habitual drug use", or any sort of pejorative description. The thing is that this is what cut short his life, and it is tragic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.1.85.34 (talk • contribs) 04:51, May 2, 2010. — MrDolomite • Talk 14:40, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Replied back on his talk page seen here. — MrDolomite • Talk 17:00, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Micheal Buble

My edit was intended to help people with pronouncing his surname, as I don't understand all those funny symbols. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.64.16 (talk) 20:43, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Reply left on talk page, seen here. — MrDolomite • Talk 14:28, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Michael Buble

That wasn't a joke. I was being serious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pickled-onion-flavour (talk • contribs) 19:28, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

My reply seen here. — MrDolomite • Talk 19:34, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

French Films critics

In that page, the name of BASSAN have to be put under B letter, like Bouyxou and not under R categoty (Raphaël is his first name). Please, can you correct this thing? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.170.180.118 (talk) 21:22, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Replied here. — MrDolomite • Talk 22:55, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

User talk:80.42.106.216

no one tells me what i can and can't do —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.106.216 (talk) 19:55, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

80.42.106.216 (talk · contribs · count · logs · page moves · block log)
The comment above was made in response to my creation of the IP talk page, seen here in response to the large, blatant vandalism edit to The Big Bang Theory seen here. — MrDolomite • Talk 20:25, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Ronnie James Dio

Ronnie James Dio IS being buried in that cemetary: http://www.ronniejamesdio.com/news-all.asp

There will be a Public Memorial Service for Ronnie James Dio on Sunday, May 30th at 2:00 PM at The Hall Of Liberty located at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90068. This will be a celebration of the life and music of Ronnie James Dio and is open to all of his friends and fans from around the world.

For those of you that will be flying in from out of town or out of the country, we have made special rates at various local hotels available to you! Just go to our official Facebook Page for hotel information!

Next time take a little time to do some research of your own before you decide to up and delete something —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.97.178.22 (talk) 20:17, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

The comment above was left in response to the revert edit of Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) as made by the IP seen here regarding the pending burial of Ronnie James Dio. My response can be seen on the IP talk page here. — MrDolomite • Talk 20:23, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Your OWN post to me says: Please only add material about future events if it is verifiable, ideally by reference to a reliable source. Your edit can be seen here. — MrDolomite • Talk 16:32,

I provided you with a FUTURE EVENT with a reference from a reliable source.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.97.178.22 (talk • contribs)

Flags in Governor boxes

I've read your links and they do not mention places you shouldn'tput flags, but only what flags and it depe3nding on tghe basis of "direct relevance". I would argue that the official symbol of office, in this case a Governor's Standard is absolutely of "direct relevance". Until you can find an actual guidline relevant to my edits, I'd appreciate that you not undo them. Fry1989 (talk) 21:25, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Succession_Box_Standardization/Guidelines#Inclusion_of_images contains the relevant passage: "Images of any kind, including but not restricted to flags, coats of arms, and badges shall not be incorporated into any succession boxes for any reason, despite often being relevant to the offices tracked.". With thanks to User talk:Thismightbezach for locating that information. — MrDolomite • Talk 22:57, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Frank Buckles

Let me get this straight. It's been 'casual' for well over a year, because it's correct. Someone changes it and gets no warning. I revert and have to justify myself. Ridiculous. Here's a citation: http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/04/bucks-for-frank-buckles-americas-sole-surviving-wwi-vet/. Pistachio disguisey (talk) 16:23, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

The comment above was in response to my edit, seen here, of his talk page, after seeing his edit, seen here to the article List of surviving veterans of World War I in regards to the correct spelling of Frank Buckles' unit. I replied back on his talk page, seen here. — MrDolomite • Talk 17:09, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

USAAF Pilot wings

I have a leather 'bomber jacket' I am doing artwork on, and want to make it look as autrhentic as posible. Did USAAF pilots wear their wings on their flight jackets as a rule? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.94.63.40 (talk) 22:28, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, no idea. — MrDolomite • Talk 14:17, 11 June 2010 (UTC)